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4 STANSBERRY J. WINGATE, DEGATUR, ILLVINGIS. Lettera Patent No. 73,218, dafd'Jmwary 7, 1868.

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TOl ALL WHOM IT MAY '(vlOlClfRN:v l p 4Be it known that I, STAN-SBERRY J. WINGATmlofDecatur, in the county of Mcon', and Siete of Illinois, have iof'ented' n new and improved Spring-Bed Bottom; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full,

v clenr, and exact descriptionthereof, njlr'ch will ena-ble others skilled in the art to'mitke and use the stime, reference' being'had to the arcco'mpatnying drawings, forming p'a-.rt vof this` specification, in which- Figure 1 is anA under side vieiv of my improved spring-bed bottom Vs tttach'ed to a bcdstead. Figure 2 is :t'vertical longitudinal section of the someftakenthrough the line z .'v, iig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicntelike parts. i

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved spring-bed bottom, simple in. construction, not liable i to get outof order, and which may beireadly ottached to and removed from the bedsteod; and it consists inthe combination or" the bars-or levers, `elastic straps, and crossbors with ea-eh otherand with theslats and fram-e of the bedstead, the whole bein'g'constructed and orreng'ed ashereinai'ter'more fully described. v

' A are the posts, B are'thesd'e rails, and C are the endv rails of the hedstead. 'D are bars attached to the lower part of the inner sides of the end rails C, as shown in igs. l and 2. E are barsgithe rear ends of which reist Vupon the bars D, and Atheir forward ends rest in robber or other elastic straps or bands, L, suspended from or secured to Ythe middle parts of 'the slats Fby means of the block G attached to their under` sides, as shonjn in fig. The'slats F extend longitudinally with thebcdstead, und their ends may be connected to each other ond held in `their proper relntive positions by means of cross-birs H nttache'd'tothem. ..1 are crossebars securely attached to the slaltsE,-\in such positions that their lower edges may rest uponthe middle parts of the bars E,

as shown in iig. 2.- The'bed-bot'tom' is kept fromrising too high by the straps J, the-upper ends of which 'are secured to the Side edges of the shttffraine or to -the sides of the side blocks Gfand the lower ends of which are hooked upon or removably ottachedto hooks or catches, K, attached to the lower edges of the side rails B of the lb-edsteful. 'Threc'or more pairs of theA bars or levers E und elastic straps or bonds L may be used, as may be desired, :iecording tothe weight to be support-ed. Thissome arrangement'may be applied to thejbottomsk of sofas, lounges, chairs, Suc., with the same facility and advantage 'as to hedsteads. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Potent-` 1 The combination of the hairs or levers E, yelastic straps or bands' L, and ross-bars I with euch other and with the slats F and fraaie of the bedstend, substantiallyos yliereirrshomfn and described and for the 'purpose Set forth. l

STANSBERRY J. WINGATE. Witnesses:

WM. BOWERS, H. R. MILLER. 

